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The Preferred Roaming List (PRL) is a database residing in a wireless (primarily CDMA) device, such as a cellphone, that contains information used during the system selection and acquisition process. In the case of R-UIM -based CDMA devices, the PRL resides on the R-UIM .
The Internet in Pakistan has been available since the early 1990s. Pakistan has over 140 million internet users, making it the 7th-largest population of internet users in the world. [1] [2] Information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. In 2001 just 1.3% of the population used the Internet.
Wi-Fi is considered to be a non-3GPP WLAN radio access network (RAN). [18] 3GPP has also specified an alternative loosely coupled solution for Wi-Fi. The approach is called Interworking Wireless LAN (IWLAN) [19] architecture and it is a solution to transfer IP data between a mobile device and operator's core network through a Wi-Fi access. In ...
With 194 million mobile subscribers in June 2022, Pakistan has the highest mobile penetration rate in the South Asian region. 3G/4G subscribers stood at 115 million in June 2022. According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Jazz leads the market with 75.00 million subscribers, followed by Telenor with 49.19 million, Zong with 44 ...
Mobile Broadband Postpaid & Prepaid Mobile Banking (S-Paisa) Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication. 1.90 million Mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) 6 Onic 410 / 03 0339x 2G: 900 MHz (GPRS, EDGE) 3G: 900 MHz (UMTS, HSPA+) 4G: 1800 (B3) / 2100 (B1) MHz (LTE/LTE-A) Roams on SCO: Mobile Broadband
PTA figures for 2007, for comparison, reported 48.5 million subscribers, [6] rising to 102 million (over 60% of the population) by December 2010. [7]In 2007, the largest cellular mobile telephone service providing company in Pakistan was Mobilink, and other companies included Wateen (a member of Dhabi Group).
In telecommunication, a public land mobile network (PLMN) is a combination of wireless communication services offered by a specific operator in a specific country. [1] [2] A PLMN typically consists of several cellular technologies like GSM/2G, UMTS/3G, LTE/4G, NR/5G, offered by a single operator within a given country, often referred to as a cellular network.
The Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) is an initiative launched by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to regulate the use of mobile devices in the country. Introduced in 2018, this system aims to combat the issues of smuggled, counterfeit, and non-compliant mobile phones while ensuring proper ...